Northwestern announces 2011 and 2012 schedules

Northwestern released its football schedule for the 2011 and
2012 seasons. The Wildcats will open the season in 2011 on Sept. 3 at Boston
College and their Big Ten opener is at Illinois on Oct. 1. NU will play new Big
Ten member Nebraska in Lincoln on Nov. 5. NU was also able to find room on its
2011 schedule for Rice, which will come to Evanston on Nov. 12. It was
previously thought that the Rice game would have to be pushed to another
season.

In 2012 the Wildcats open the season Sept. 1 at Syracuse and
start the Big Ten season with a home game Sept. 29 against Indiana. Nebraska
makes it first appearance in Evanston on Oct. 20.